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Token passing scheme for multithreaded multiprocessor system

  • US 20070156928A1
  • Filed: 12/30/2005
  • Published: 07/05/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of threads; and

    a token handler capable of managing token passing on behalf of the plurality of threads, a token associated with a critical section, the token handler capable of maintaining a token skip indicator for the token for each of the plurality of threads, the token skip indicator capable of allowing a thread to indicate whether the critical section associated with the token is skipped by the thread.

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